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We’ve been lucky to meet a few people that have adopted from Ethiopia, and our new friends J & T live just an hour away.  They have a darling little girl, Z, who is just 2 1/2 and full of beans. 

When my brother and his fiancée were here visiting, they brought some injera from an Ethiopian restuarant and with their help and my mom’s, we made a sumptious Ethio feast! (See pics here.) So we invited J, T and their daughter Z to enjoy it with us.  The funny thing is, I wasn’t sure if Z liked Ethio food (she was under a year when she came to Canada) so I made some Mac n Cheese too.  Silly me!  Apparently she loves Ethiopian food, but since the mac n cheese was on the dish as well, that’s all she would eat.  Live and learn.

 The cutest part of the evening for me, was when Z decided she wanted to help Jrock with the dishes.  She was half in the sink herself, dress dripping, the cahir kept sliding out from under her and J would fish it back with his foot… pretty hilarious.  After they left, Jason looked a little tired and said “we want TWO?” but then smiled because he enjoyed himself as well.

I’ve blurred J, T & Z’s faces since I don’t have Z’s mom’s permission to post her face.  You’ll get the idea though. Pretty darn cute!!!

Here is a link to the recipes we used:

• Chicken Berbere (this was excellent!  We used berbere from a convenience store on Commerical in Vancouver, and it was the perfect flavour.)
• Chickpea Wat (stew) (very good.  Good job Mom!)
• Lentils with Berbere Spice (a good additional to the plate.  Boring on its own, but a nice contrast.)
• Ye’abesha Gomen (Collard greens.  This is J’s favorite at restaurants.)
• Ginger Vegetables (Not very good.  Pretty bland.)

T also made this tomatoe salad with diced pepperoni in it – sounds crazy, but it tasted like pizza and it was really good!